The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: No. ............... ¶ CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valua...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. M58.01.11

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Paul Strzelecki and others to the Royal Geographical Society, 1858-01-11 [M58.01.11]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/mentions/selected/M58-01-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	Dr F Mueller 2 (Sir) Ferdinand added in another hand before Mueller above [illegible] deleted. The main body of the certificate is completed in Strzelecki's hand, with autograph signatures of the other nominators. M was not awarded his British knighthood until 1879.
Title	Botanist & Explorer of Tropical Australia
Address	Melbourne

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 11th day of Januar[y] 1858

P E de Strzelecki	{ From personal Knowledge
T Baines
Rod Murchison
Francis Galton

Proposed	11th January	1858
Elected	25th January	1858

15, Whitehall Place

15 Whitehall Place was the address of the RGS from 1854 to 1870. MS annotation: Died 8.10.1896 (sic).